Oriental Pearl Bar Restaurant

Situated in the fashionable suburb of West Bridgford, Oriental Pearl is a sophisticated bar and contemporary Cantonese restaurant with superb Oriental cuisine, together with a wide selection of world beers, stylish cocktails and fine wines.

It incorporates a ground floor bar and lounge furnished with soft leather sofas and designer armchairs, whilst on the first floor there is a minimalist Zen restaurant with a glass atrium. The Pearl underwent a major refurbishment a couple of years ago with an emphasis on bringing back the 'oriental' into the equation. This has involved antique wooden screens, authentically carved dark wooden tables with complementary low seating and mood lighting, giving a whole new feeling of sensual opulence that is wholly at ease with the cuisine.

The Skyline lounge provides a choice of casual bar dining during the day and à la carte in the evenings, all served against a backdrop of sumptuous suede and Chinese silk banquet seating.

Upstairs, a contemporary restaurant fitted out with Chinese lanterns and Oriental furnishings is divided into three dining areas that enable the room to suit the mood of those coming to enjoy this carefully crafted temple of Far Eastern indulgence. Pearl is a participating restaurant in the Gourmet Society and was recently named 'the city's finest Cantonese' by Easyjet magazine

All the favourite traditional Cantonese dishes are to be found here, well supported by others from further afield. Appetisers include paper wrapped prawns; deep fried stuffed crab claws; steamed scallops with garlic or skewered lemon grass chicken with satay sauce. Those who love the warmth inducing soups of Chinese cuisine will not be disappointed with the choices available, some of them being tofu and sweet corn or shark fin and shredded chicken soup.

Specials indeed live up to their name and some of the delectable options are fillet of tempura halibut; stuffed duck in plum sauce; red and white king prawns with green vegetables or stuffed aubergine with finely chopped pork and prawns. From the seemingly endless menu, there are numerous choices amongst seafood, salmon steak in black bean sauce; meat, shredded pork on bean sprouts and poultry, rainbow duck in bird’s nest.

Buffets on Sunday promise excellent value while set menus take the pain out of choosing, typically chicken and sweet corn soup, mixed hors d'oeuvres, lemon chicken, King prawn and black bean sauce, satay beef and fried rice. They also do takeaways.

A wine list of around 40 bins takes heed of the Western approach to wine and Oriental cuisine.

Their Website can keep up to date with this enterprising and attractive restaurant, far enough away from the centre to avoid any problems, near enough to be convenient.